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Benedictine order

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Noun1.Benedictine order - a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th centuryBenedictine order - a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities
order of Saint Benedict
monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
Benedictine - a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
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The Benedictine order occupied Stanbrook Abbey, in Callow End, near Worcester, for 150 years.
Nuns on the run! No takers for abbey that's for sale for just pounds ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Weakland's new autobiography tells the tale of an enormously gifted young man of humble beginnings who rose swiftly in the Benedictine order, ultimately becoming abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation in 1967.
A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop by Nixon, J. Peter / U.S. Catholic
This 'rule' became accepted as the standard for the Benedictine order and all Benedictine monasteries for the better part of three centuries.
Benedict of Aniane: The Emperor's Monk by Internet Bookwatch
 
 
 
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